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Cosby runs out of bullets in 54-46 shootout loss to Whitwell
COSBY — Firepower on offense was never in short supply for the Cosby High School football team this season. The second round of the postseason was no different. The Eagles scored seven touchdowns in a TSSAA 1A state playoff tilt with Whitwell, but it wasn’t quite enough as the visiting Tigers scored a 54-46 victory on Friday night at Virgil Ball Stadium to advance to the quarterfinals, when they’ll visit Coalfield on Nov. 20. In Friday’s contest, the teams found the end zone an equal amount of times, but Whitwell went 6 for 7 on two-point conversion tries while Cosby was successful just twice. "A big difference in the game was (Whitwell's) physicality down there on the two-point plays," Cosby head coach Levi Cooper said. "That's the difference in the ballgame. They were just making good plays. We tried several different things. "Typically, that's a big quarterback run area for us because we know we're probably going to get man coverage and we did. Having the quarterback as a runner typically gets you back even with the numbers, but they were just more physical at the point and got us on the ground on a couple plays. We tried throwing
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Leaving it All on the Course: A Final, Desperate Kick that Sealed the Championship
As the cross country season came down to the final stretch of reaching sectionals, the runners wondered if this meet would be their last. Gordon Center faced at Darlington High School on the 10th of October. On a early morning, the athletes woke up at 6:00 a.m. to head to...
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Darlington outlasts Mt. Bethel in first-round playoff game
MARIETTA — In the grand scheme of the season, very few would have expected Mt. Bethel Christian to be in a position to host a state playoff game in 2026. But despite a 6-4 season in their first year of region play, the 16th-seeded Eagles were unable to defend home turf, falling 42-38 to No. 17 Darlington and its option-heavy offense Friday in the first round of the Class AA-AAAA Private state tournament at Arrow Field. “It’s almost impossible to prepare for a triple-option in a week, but we did the best we could, and I think our guys went all-out,” Mt. Bethel coach Damon Dawson said. “We were neck and neck as far as our (playoff) ratings, and that’s what the score reflects. In the end, there were some plays that went their way, some fourth downs we didn’t stop, and here we are.” Mt. Bethel (6-5) had no answer defensively for Darlington (6-5) as the Tigers averaged 8.9 yards per carry on 46 attempts. But in the end, one could point to Darlington’s special teams blocking an Mt. Bethel extra point and breaking up a pair of 2-point conversions as the difference-maker. “It’s playoff football in Georgia, so
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Local High School Football Teams Take the Field for the State Playoffs [AUDIO]
It’s time for area high school football teams to take the field for the ’26 state playoffs!. WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM will provide coverage of the Darlington Tigers today as they hit the road to take on Mt. Bethel Christian Academy in the first round of the GHSA’s Private State Football Championship.
Rome News-Tribune
Wolves flag football ends regular season with third straight split
A Rome High flag football regular season that began with 15 straight victories ended with a bit of a stagger, three losses in the final five games that included three straight splits in area competition in the Georgia High School Association’s Division 4. The ending had Wolves head coach Jared Hughes wondering if the losses would cost Rome a chance to host the first two rounds of the state playoffs as a top-eight seed Nov. 18 when the brackets are released this weekend. He said this after Rome lost the first game of Wednesday’s tripleheader at Barron Stadium to River Ridge 21-13. In a bit of a shocker, though, Allatoona, with a sub-.500 record, upended River Ridge in the second game Wednesday. That outcome, however, didn’t change River Ridge’s spot at second place in the Area 6 standings behind leader Pope High, 8-0 in the area and 17-1 overall. River Ridge dropped to 6-2, 12-4 overall. Rome High, back on Oct. 29, hosted a monumental day of flag football at Barron Stadium against area foes Pope and Sequoyah, and it started with the Wolves topping Sequoyah 19-7 for win No. 15 in a row against no losses. Pope, however, not
Marietta Daily Journal
Darlington outlasts Mt. Bethel in first-round playoff game
MARIETTA — In the grand scheme of the season, very few would have expected Mt. Bethel Christian to be in a position to host a state playoff game in 2026. But despite a 6-4 season in their first year of region play, the 16th-seeded Eagles were unable to defend home turf, falling 42-38 to No. 17 Darlington and its option-heavy offense Friday in the first round of the Class AA-AAAA Private state tournament at Arrow Field. “It’s almost impossible to prepare for a triple-option in a week, but we did the best we could, and I think our guys went all-out,” Mt. Bethel coach Damon Dawson said. “We were neck and neck as far as our (playoff) ratings, and that’s what the score reflects. In the end, there were some plays that went their way, some fourth downs we didn’t stop, and here we are.” Mt. Bethel (6-5) had no answer defensively for Darlington (6-5) as the Tigers averaged 8.9 yards per carry on 46 attempts. But in the end, one could point to Darlington’s special teams blocking an Mt. Bethel extra point and breaking up a pair of 2-point conversions as the difference-maker. “It’s playoff football in Georgia, so
Marietta Daily Journal
Whitefield Academy welcoms in Mount Pisgah to open postseason
Whitefield Academy won its fifth consecutive game with last week's 56-44 come-from-behind Region 5AA victory over Trinity Christian and in the process captured its second region championship in the last four years. The reward for the hard work is an opportunity to host Mount Pisgah Christian on Friday in the first round of the Class AA-AAAA Private state playoffs. This is Whitefield's 10th straight trip to the postseason, and it enters the matchup averaging 43.2 points per game while holding opponents to 22.4. The Wolfpack have scored 42-or more points in each of their last five games and kept opponents from scoring 20-or-more points in three of their last four games. Led by Landon Ryan (96-of-150, 1,579 yds., 20 TDs), Amos Robinson (189 car., 1,206 yds., 18 TDs), Ian Kelly (44 rec., 702 yds., 12 TDs) and West Virgina commit Luke Linder (tight end), Whitefield believes that it has momentum entering the playoffs and is looking for it to continue. "Ever since our non-region schedule, the kids have really bought in to what we've been teaching them," Whitefield coach Robert Walsh said. "They've learned a lot. And early on when we were down in games and had to battle back,
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It’s Playoff Time for Local High School Football Teams!
Local high school football teams have finished the 2026 regular season and are playoff-bound this weekend. WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM will provide coverage of the Darlington Tigers on Friday as they hit the road to take on Mt. Bethel Christian in the first round of the GHSA’s Private State Football Championship.
Rome News-Tribune
Lassiter romp ends Rome's season
When a victory on the football field in Game No. 10 of a 10-game high school season could go a long way toward getting you into the state playoffs, it’s not surprising that team pulls out all the stops. So yes, at Barron Stadium in Rome Friday, there were onside kickoffs and fake punts. Only, it was the 7-2 Lassiter High Trojans of Marietta using these “trick” plays as a way of building a huge halftime lead on the 3-6 Rome High Wolves. The Trojans won the Region 6-6A battle 42-7 behind the passing arm of sophomore quarterback Caden Jones and his four touchdown passes among the 35 times he threw in the first half alone. In fact, 42-7 was the score heading into halftime and stayed that was through a running clock the entire second half. Lassiter also controlled the turnover margin with two big second-quarter takeaways, and the Trojan special teams not only recovered two onside kickoffs and converted a fourth-down out of punt formation, but it also blocked a Rome field-goal try. Throw in several 15-yard penalties that mainly went against the home Wolves and it was a rather miserable night for football amid a low wind-chill